Hello!
I recently moved to a new apartment that has concrete floors and exterior brick walls. I noticed underneath the baseboard heaters that there is a huge gap between the floor and the wall and the drywall does not reach all the way to the floor. The gap is about three inches wide and at least six inches deep, maybe deeper. I can see the exterior brick wall showing between where the drywall ends and the floor. I cannot see or feel any type of moisture barrier (should there be one?). It looks like there was previously some type of foam sprayed in there and a backer rod-type material stuffed in there as well but not nearly enough to fill the gap so I am wondering what the best thing would be to fill the gap. The area where the pipe runs through the wall to the neighboring apartment also has a large hole so I would need something that can fill around the pipe without off gassing or melting/starting on fire.
Thank you!!
I recently moved to a new apartment that has concrete floors and exterior brick walls. I noticed underneath the baseboard heaters that there is a huge gap between the floor and the wall and the drywall does not reach all the way to the floor. The gap is about three inches wide and at least six inches deep, maybe deeper. I can see the exterior brick wall showing between where the drywall ends and the floor. I cannot see or feel any type of moisture barrier (should there be one?). It looks like there was previously some type of foam sprayed in there and a backer rod-type material stuffed in there as well but not nearly enough to fill the gap so I am wondering what the best thing would be to fill the gap. The area where the pipe runs through the wall to the neighboring apartment also has a large hole so I would need something that can fill around the pipe without off gassing or melting/starting on fire.
Thank you!!
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